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Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller, 1847)

Bindweed Sleeper
(Bindweed Bent-wing)
24.0010 (B&F: 264)


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Yponomeutoidea
    »Family: Bedelliidae
      »Subfamily: Cemiostominae
        »Tribe: Phalacropterygini

Number of records: 73
Recorded in: 32 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 31 viii 2024
Identification 
difficulty 
: 2Adult: Can be confused with other species
Mine: Leaf or good photograph required

A resident and suspected immigrant species, scarce throughout except at Walberton. Double-brooded in overlapping flights from early May to mid-November, mainly in August. Larvae feed on field bindweed. (Pratt, 2011)

Bedellia somnulentella
Bracklesham, 13 xi 2012
Photo: Derek Lee
Bedellia somnulentella
Eastbourne, 01 viii 2017
Photo: Dennis Chanter
Bedellia somnulentella
Crowborough, 9 xi 2025
Photo: Charles Waters

Distribution at 1km scale

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Phenology (larval)

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